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Cases rise by over 230,000 worldwide in 24 hours; EU summit‘may not agree Covid-19 recovery fund’; 130m‘may go hungry in 2020 because of virus’. This blog is now closedFollow the latest global coronavirus live blog here‘Compelling’ evidence air pollution worsens coronavirus – studyGerman study finds low Covid-19 infection rate in schoolsFauci sidelined as Trump ’s White House steps up briefing campaignBereaved urge EU chief to supervise Italian coronavirus inquiry12.04amBSTWe ’ve launched a new blog at the link below – head there for the latest:Related:Coronavirus live news: global Covid-19 cases pass 13m as WHO warns against 'shortcuts'11.44pmBSTThere are more than 13 million coronavirus cases worldwide, an increase of 1m cases in 5 days,Johns Hopkins University data show.The current total is 13,026,225. There have been 570,924 known deaths so far.Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 13, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Helen Sullivan (now and earlier); Kevin Rawlinson, Archie Bland and Caroline Davies (earlier) Tags: Coronavirus outbreak World news US news UK news Australia news South Africa Brazil Science Infectious diseases Source Type: news